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Building the Oktabriskaya Revolutsia

It is essential in this type of operation to ensure that a centreline is drawn---and adhered to!. With CA you get only 20 seconds wrigggle time. Thereafter the edges were trimmed, the lower quarter decks were cut, installed and any small remaining gaps filled.




The centre positions of barbettes etc were re-drilled and construction could begin in earnest. After failed attempts to make perfect circles using styrene square section and the unsuccesfull joining of the the two ends... I decided to simplify making the barbettes by wrapping styrene square section around the turret bottoms and gluing bit by bit-crude but very effective.



The deck was painted and the cross-scores were picked up with pencil lead dust applied by brush.



On my next russian dreadnought re-decking project I shall score the deck at 1mm intervals...the effect was not overpowering at all--indeed now the deck was affixed (permantly!!) I could no longer use my sliding jig-so resorted to using a ruler and pencil to merely draw in the additional athwartshisp lines--a lesson learned!

I was unhappy with the kit supplied funnel--checking plans and photos it was slightly too thin as well as having a variety of casting blemishes. A replacement was fabricated of brass tubing-this being lightly scored to represent the handrails- wrong- but when painted effective in this scale.